Real Estate Consulting Services

REASONS TO HIRE A CONSULTANT

To uncover hidden value, preserve family lands, ensure highest and best use, and help you navigate complex transactions with the technical and financial information you need to make an informed decision about some of your most valuable assets.

LandVest's Real Estate Consulting Group offers comprehensive land planning, appraisal, brokerage and project management services for owners of significant real estate assets. With MAI-designated appraisers, land use planners, GIS specialists, licensed brokers, and staff with hands-on development and project management skills, LandVest is an industry leader in:

• Helping families and their advisors with estate planning issues in real estate.
• Analyzing the feasibility and economics of property development and conservation.
• Valuing unique properties, even in the absence of good comparable sales.

Our clients include private individuals, families, foundations, municipalities, state and federal agencies, non-profits, fiduciaries, and educational institutions. We service projects nationally and internationally.

APPRAISAL AND ADVISORY

LandVest’s licensed and MAI-designated appraisers are qualified to appraise significant land-based assets, including residential, commercial and resort development land, coastal estates, timberland and other natural resource properties. We are also experienced in the valuation of partial, undivided interests, including conservation easements and working forest easements.

ESTATE PLANNING & ESTATE SETTLEMENT SUPPORT

LandVest assists clients and their  legal and financial advisors in developing strategies for tax-advantaged disposition and transfers of real estate assets, including:

• Preparation of appraisals for gift and estate tax or conveyance purposes.
• Equitable partition analysis and valuation for tenancy-in-common (TIC) ownerships.
• Conservation planning for family lands and generational assets.
• Alternative disposition planning, including conservation easement and limited development planning and valuation.

LITIGATION SUPPORT

LandVest appraisers are qualified as real estate valuation expert witnesses in a number of courts and jurisdictions. Our experts provide valuations and testimony in matters involving divorce, contract disputes, damage claims and class action environmental lawsuits.

LandVest also provides  appraisals and testimony in tax appeal and abatement cases.

LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MODELING

LandVest evaluates the “highest and best use” of developable land by employing conceptual land planning techniques applicable to a broad range of property types, including residential, commercial and industrial properties. This process typically involves:

• Preparing GIS base plans that identify key physical features and constraints that may include topography, wetlands, floodplain, soil types, improvements, roads, utilities and easements.
• Analyzing deeds, easements, restrictions, licenses or other matters that may affect the use of a property.
• Researching relevant land use regulations, including zoning, subdivision, wetlands, floodplain, septic and various environmental ordinances.
• Preparing conceptual development plans for valuation, disposition or acquisition models.
• Working with engineers to undertake further analyses and permitting, as necessary.

Learn more about our land planning capabilities.

CONSERVATION SERVICES

LandVest’s consultants are experts in valuing conservation easements and in structuring conservation transactions in creative, cost-effective and timely ways.

We often work with property owners who want to ensure that their land is protected from high density development but are concerned about limiting their choices in the future or reducing the value of their property. Some options that LandVest routinely advises on include:

• Donations or sales of land to conservation organizations, natural resource agencies, state or federal entities, or municipalities.
• Donating or selling conservation easements.
• Selling land at a “bargain sale” price to obtain cash and tax benefits.
• Advising on enrollment in and/or withdrawal from “current use” property tax programs.
• Experienced fundraisers to assist conservation groups achieve their financial goals from private philanthropy and public sources.
• Excellent understanding of the qualifications and process to achieve funding from most local, state and federal public funding opportunities.

We are frequently asked, by both landowners and acquiring entities, to evaluate the financial and  tax implications of alternative easement terms and configurations prior to conveyance.

MEET OUR REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS

The LandVest Real Estate Consulting Group has Consultants, Analysts, GIS & Support staff with 50 licenses held across 12 States (MA, NH, ME, VT, NY, RI, CT, CA, WI, MI, MN, ND).  Meet the team to find the right consultant for your project or contact  Slater Anderson.

Case Studies

LandVest's is unique in our ability to form project teams that draw from all our areas of expertise to help property owners make informed decisions.

Explore our Case Studies to learn more about the caliber of projects we are able to support.